Bread-toaster



(No Model.) O. MATTHEWS.

BREAD TOASTER. No. 354,562. Patented Dec. 21, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS MATTHEWS, or ANAMOSA, IOWA.

BREAD-TOASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,562,. datedDecember 21, 1886.

Application filed August 19, 18F6. Sprial No. 210,726. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OYRUs MATTHEws, a citizen of the United States,residing at Anamosa, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bread-Toasters, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y

My invention is an improvement in breadtoasters; and it consists in thepeculiar construction that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, andparticularly pointed out in the claim. N The object of my invention isto provide a breadtoaster which is cheap and simple, and is made of asingle piece of wire bent to form a handle and a rack in which to holdthe piece of bread; and this object I attain by the constructionhereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the breadtoaster embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesanie. Fig. 3 is atopplan view. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective View of the toaster-head.

In order to form the bread-toaster a piece of Wire of suitable length isfirst bent in the center, as at A, and at a suitable distance from thisbend A each arm of the wire is bent, as at B, and the wires then extendupwardly for a slight distance, as at D, and are then bent outwardly atright angles, as at E. From the outer ends of the portions E the wire isthen bent downwardly, as at F, and at the lower ends of the portions Fare formed semicircular curves G, from which the wires extend upwardly,as at H, the said portions H being parallel with the portions F, and thewires are then bent inwardly to form the horizontal portions I, whichare on the same plane with the horizontal portions E. The arms. of thewire meet at the curve A, and are then bent at right angles and extendedoutwardly and twisted together, so as to form the handle K, in the rearend of which is formed an eye, L. X

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that theportions 0, E, F, H, E, I, and A form an open rack, which is adapted toreceive and retain the slice of bread to be toasted when the same ispresented to the fire. If preferred, the curved portion A may be securedto the outer end of the handle by means of a wire, M, in order to morefirmly brace the rack and retain it in the correct shape and position.

Having thus described my invention, I clain1 The bread-toaster made of asingle piece of wire bent at its middle to form the loop A, and thecurves or loops forming the open rack, and the twisted handle K, the twoparts of the wire being brought together and secured to the loop A at M,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CYRUS MATTHEWS.

VVitn esses:

ELLEN SHAPLEY, LOUISA MA'rrHEws.

